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Lady Miners defeat Carlinville in first game of holiday tournament

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13 years ago

December 28, 2011

BenGil Staff

Shelby Jarman led the Miners with 23 points.

The Lady Miners entered the 31st annual Carlinville Holiday Tournament with a record of 4-8. Their first match-up in the tournament was the local rival, Carlinville. After losing to them earlier in the season 31-41, the Miners were out for glory this time around after catching glimpse of the 4 foot tall first place tournament trophy.

Carlinville entered the bout with the home court advantage on their side Monday night as their record stood at an even 6-6. Carlinville took the first strike in the game and broke away with an early 2 point lead, but the table would soon turn for the rest of the game. The Miners, led by junior Shelby Jarman, went on a 6-0 run to gain control of the lead as 3 minutes still remained in the first quarter. Jarman went on to score 8 of the Miners 13 points in the quarter and give the ladies a 6 point lead after one quarter of play.

The second quarter was the opposite for the Miners as the Cavaliers scored 13 points and the Miners only scored 7 to knot the game at 20 at halftime. The 10 minute halftime proved to be the momentum changer for the Miners as they went on a 4-0 run early in the third quarter. The ladies kept the full court press in order and outscored the Cavies in the third quarter by a half dozen and played tough defense in the fourth quarter to close the game out 43-39 to grab their first victory in the tournament.

The Miners trailed early in the first quarter, but the deficit was soon trimmed and the ladies never trailed again for the rest of the game. Shelby Jarman carried the Miners throughout the game as she scored a career high 23 points, but one person does not make a team as the Miners relied on all five players to apply the full court pressure defense. The full court defense caught the Cavaliers off guard as the two guards recorded 6 turnovers in just the first quarter while Loni Nicole Manalia tallied a hand full of steals.

Towards the end of the first quarter, the Cavies started to pass around the full court defense and start to put the ball in the basket. Led by Jordan Ballinger, the Cavaliers scored 7 points in the first quarter while three of them came from free throws. Even after shooting 75% from the free throw line, Carlinville still trailed by 6 points after the first quarter: 13-7.

Opening the second quarter with possession of the ball, the Cavaliers scored early and scored often after being outscored in the first quarter. The Miner defense started to break down as perseverance was taking a toll on a few of the ladies. Again in the second quarter, the Cavies got near half of their points from the free throw line as the Miners put them in bonus with five minutes left in the first half.

Cassidy Downs was the leading scorer for Carlinville as she scored 4 of her 9 points in the second quarter. As the Miners rotated the bench in the second quarter, four different players managed to put points on the board as Ellen Gray recorded a couple assists to go along with her field goal. Manalia and Jarman each put forth an additional 2 points after the pair scored all of the points in the first quarter. Although, the seven points did not amount to Carlinville’s 13 as the game was now tied at halftime: 20-20.

With the possession arrow facing towards the Miner side of the court, the ladies had the momentum on their side already. The first possession accounted for two points after Shelby Jarman knocked down a field goal. The Miners got some additional help on offense from Alexis Burns and Tyler Ross as both of them put forth a field goal to accompany Jarman’s 8 points in the quarter.

The Miners kept with the full court pressure defense in the third quarter and, much like the first quarter, stole the ball 3 more times and caused 4 turnovers. Carlinville did manage to score 6 points in the quarter with two being free throws. Just two field goals did not compare to the Miners’ four field goals and four free throws as Jarman went a perfect 4 for 4 from the charity line. After outscoring the Cavies by six, the Miners were in control of the game again after the third quarter: 32-26.

Ellen Gray attempts to reject a shot on the defensive end.

Just 8 minutes stood in between win number five for the Miners. It was a roller coaster in the fourth quarter as the game was tied nearly all of the eight minutes after Carlinville went on a 4-0 run early in the fourth quarter to knot the game. From there, it was back and forth while each shot or each foul could have been the contributing factor for a loss.

As the clock continued to roll down, both teams were shooting in the bonus as just a couple minutes remained on the game clock. Haylie Kirkwood grabbed her fourth foul early in fourth quarter, so the Lady Miners were without their star center for much of the final quarter of play before she was brought back in the game with about 1 minute left. Jarman continued to carry the Miners from the offensive end as all of her 5 points came from the free throw line in the fourth quarter.

Loni Nicole Manalia and Haylie Kirkwood carried the team on the defensive end as Manalia recorded 3 steals in the fourth quarter and Kirkwood tallied 2 defensive rebounds. The Cavaliers were led by Stayton as she scored 6 of their 13 points in the quarter while she also tied the game up at 39 with 30 seconds left in the game. 30 seconds seemed like 10 minutes, but the Miners were able to score four points in those final seconds while holding the Cavies on the defensive end to capture their first victory in the tournament: 43-39.

After being outscored two quarters and outscoring them on the two other quarters, the Miners walked out of the gym with their heads held high as the feeling of beating Carlinville on their home court is “priceless.” The Miners shot a season high 74% free throw percentage, but the ladies still struggled controlling the ball as 24 tally marks filled the turnover box in the scorebook.

Shelby Jarman led the Miners Monday night as she scored 23 points. Loni Nicole Manalia followed with 8 points while both Alexis Burns and Ellen Gray put forth 4 points each. Tyler Ross added an additional 2 points while Kayli Morris and Becca Ely knocked one free throw for 1 point a piece.

Loni Nicole Manalia led the team with 5 steals and 3 offensive rebounds while Ellen Gray was the leader with 3 assists. Shelby Jarman and Haylie Kirkwood destroyed the boards on the defensive end as they tallied 6 and 4 defensive rebounds respectively.

The Miners returned to the floor Tuesday afternoon as they faced off against Litchfield. The Miners took a tough loss as the Panthers defeated them 53-27. The Miners now stand 5-9 on the season while their next game in the tournament will be played on Thursday at noon.

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Gillespie man injured in DUI accident

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9 years ago

October 16, 2015

BenGil Staff

Genisio's Ford Mustang in the City of Gillespie's impound lot Tuesday morning.

A Gillespie man was taken to a local hospital after suffering injuries following a single-vehicle accident that occurred Sunday morning, October 11, after he drove off the roadway and into a deep ditch near the intersection of Route 16 and Charles Street in Gillespie.

Gillespie Police Chief Jared DePoppe reported that the police department was dispatched to the scene of the accident shortly before 3 a.m. Officers arrived to find Jonathan Genisio, 29, of Gillespie as the driver and only occupant inside the Ford Mustang vehicle.

Genisio was arrested, but give a notice to appear in court so he could seek medical treatment. He was charged with six different counts in addition to having his vehicle impounded. His charges include driving under the influence of alcohol, no insurance, improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to notify SOS of an address change and failure to wear a seat belt.

At the time of publication on Thursday evening, the vehicle was recovered from impound and Genisio was discharged from the hospital. The extent of his injuries was unable to be released by medical personnel.

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Gillespie council discusses budget and meeting process

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9 years ago

August 1, 2015

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Treasurer Dan Fisher (right) addresses the council.

The treasurer for the City of Gillespie had a lot to say about how city officials handle their subcommittees and how city funds are spent during the city’s committee meeting held Monday evening, July 27.

Dan Fisher, the elected treasurer for Gillespie, spoke to the council for over 30 minutes about how bills are paid and more importantly, how purchases are appropriated for and planned. During the city’s board meeting held earlier this month, Fisher suggested the council move their meeting dates to coincide with how the bills are paid.

He explained that many council members bring up issues or have questions about certain bills during the council meetings, but the questions are left to be answered by the city clerk who isn’t present at the board meetings. In addition to dragging out the meetings, Fisher said the questions should be taken care of before the meeting is held.

“We need to have a standardized process on how we buy things,” Fisher told the council Monday evening. “We need to spend more time on appropriating.”

We need to have a standardized process on how we buy things

Fisher distributed a “Budget Basics” packet to board members during the committee meeting held Monday and said the council should consider implementing a purchase order system to account for all purchases. “That way when the bills come in, we can match the form up with it and everyone knows what the purchase was for and what account it comes out of,” he clarified.

Council members agreed with what Fisher had to say to them. “We need to spend a lot of time when do our appropriation and it’s going to take a lot of time from everyone, including myself,” he continued. “We need to find a way to be collective in how we do things.”

Fisher closed by adding that the council also takes too long at their regular city council meetings, which are held on the second Monday of each month. Speaking of the city’s July meeting that lasted nearly 3 hours, Fisher said the council needs to be much more “business-like”.

“We take too long at our meetings,” he closed. “It’s been proven that people lose focus after 90 minutes and there is no reason why we shouldn’t be able to get a meeting done in 1 hour and 15 minutes.”

City clerk Frances Smith spoke up after Fisher referred to the council’s last meeting. She prefaced her statement by saying she didn’t intend to saying anything, but continued by saying that the council’s July 13^th meeting took her three days to transcribe. “It makes the clerk’s job hard – whoever it is,” she said. “There is a lot of side conversations and it’s very hard to hear on the tape.”

Ash Street Project

Alderman Steve Kluthe informed the board that he received the bid specifications back for the Ash Street Project which allows the council to advertise the specs to get an idea how much drainage project will cost.

Kluthe said the bid specifications cover everything including equal opportunity employer and prevailing wage information, but said the project could probably be handled by a local contractor. The project includes installing a culvert that will transfer the water to Cherry Street.

The council hopes the completed project will then alleviate the water that currently gets backed up north of Ash Street. “They are going to put a culvert underneath Ash Street to the north and grade the ground on the north side so the water flows to the culvert and down to the south end where there is a storm drain,” Kluthe explained.

TIF District

We should stretch the money out and begin to reinvest the money into community development

Fisher informed the council that the tax bills for the TIF district went out and the city can expect to receive close to $60,000. He reminded the council that even though the city made a big payment to United Community Bank last year in excess of $90,000, there will still be a payment made to UCB for their portion paid into the TIF until the TIF expires, which Fisher said is 12-14 more years.

After the city pays UCB, Fisher said the council can expect to still have somewhere north of $40,000 remaining each year. “I would like us to start to look at other projects that meet the TIF criteria that we could spend $20-$30,000 per year,” Fisher explained. “Long-range projects – projects that could last 10-12 years. We should stretch the money out and begin to reinvest the money into community development.”

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